LIN232H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Redneck, Endocentric And Exocentric, Part Of Speech
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Base is the form to which an affix is attached. The base to which an inflectional affix is attached is sometimes known as the stem. Forget + able = adj = unforgettable = adj. Q: using the above procedure provide the tree diagram for activation, uncontrollably and unregretfulness. The meaning is more transparent with inflection, whereas with derivation it"s not always the case. Inflectional affixes can be added to more things than derivational ones thus it"s more productive. There is a difference between two kinds of derivational affixes; Affixes often change the pronunciation of the base they attach to (sanity, publicity) Affixes often shift the stress of the base they attach to; nationality (stress goes on the al) thus the ity moves the stress from na to al Affixes often combine with bound roots (e. g. nation) Affixes are typically closer to the root than class 2 affixes (root - der.